Family Guy's Lois Griffin might be a cartoon character, but people were left confused after her death started trending on social media.
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Family Guy character Lois Griffin (played by Alex Borstein) has become the latest victim of a celebrity death hoax on social media sites Twitter and TikTok.
Lois is voiced by American actress Alex Borstein who is eight years her character’s senior. Lois is a main character on the hit Fox animated adult comedy series Family Guy. Many of those filmed simply have no idea who Lois is and resort to Googling her, only to find that she is a cartoon character, which only confuses them more. The phrase ‘Lois Griffin is dead at 43’ has been trending on Twitter and video-sharing app TikTok since Boxing Day. The short answer is no. Advertisement
A trend has taken over TikTok where parents are fooled into believing that significant celebrities have suddenly died in order to see just how shocked they ...
One user, Arabella Alexis, told her family that Griffin had died which caused some confusion as they initially appeared confused as to who she was talking about. However, the meme did spark some very real concerns as people soon started to worry about the well-being of actor Alex Bornstein, who voices Lois on Family Guy. However, they didn't fall for the trick as after a quick Google they soon figured out that she was talking about the character from Family Guy.
Lois Griffin from 'Family Guy' is trending for her supposed death, despite the fact that she hasn't actually died in the show. The new meme explained.
Others have leaned into it, [stating](https://twitter.com/jvxx__/status/1607721532209483776), "Streets lost a good one." Some are [heartbroken](https://twitter.com/taylor_c_04/status/1607227298255867906) over her sudden passing, with others expressing [abject apathy](https://twitter.com/smoothcheeks69/status/1607234842714050561). [@minasdemon](https://twitter.com/minasdemon/status/1607117673082527744) claims "Lois Griffin DEAD AT 43." @minasdemon even shared " [footage](https://twitter.com/minasdemon/status/1607582550221885441)" of her death in the form of a scene from an old episode. [multiple memes](https://www.distractify.com/meme) in 2022 alone. News of her [untimely death](https://www.distractify.com/p/kevin-conroy-cause-of-death) has been trending on social media over the holiday weekend. The scream was so visceral that it quickly went viral. The character would return two episodes later, but not before the show's creators received immense fan backlash and hate mail demanding that Brian return to the show. The [fight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swPeTSt825Q) between Joe Swanson and his friends who are trying to break his legs has been edited to artistic degrees. A running animation for Peter Griffin has been used in several pieces of viral content, such as placing him in the [City Escape truck segment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNiDswB78ag) of Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. In fact, the most recent episode — which aired on Dec. This prank sees users shock their loved ones by saying that "so-and-so is dead at so-and-so age."
A slightly morbid practical joke has been doing the rounds online over Christmas as users trick their families into thinking that celebrities have died.
This format - *name of celebrity* dead at *age* – has been used in many of the videos and has become a meme online. TikTok users have been recording themselves breaking the fake news to their family, pretending to read the headline of an article about a supposed celebrity tragedy. That’s the prank at the centre of a new craze on TikTok which has caused a storm online and divided the internet.